How to pronounce 人手 in Cantonese (33 out of 71):

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你要多少人手才夠？逐個查可能有一半香港人都要調查
how many people will you need? If we investigate one by one, maybe half of the people in Hong Kong will be investigated.

Cantonese Sentence Breakdown

你 nei5
you (informal, as opposed to courteous 您nín [您])
can be used to refer to an unspecified person
要 jiu3
important
vital
to want
to ask for
will
going to (as future auxiliary)
may
must
(used in a comparison) must be
probably
if
essential points
necessary
necessity
to desire
to need
should
多少 do1 siu2
how much
人手 jan4 sau2
(noun) Workforce
才 coi4
ability
talent
sb of a certain type
a capable individual
only
only then
just now
a surname
certainly
indeed
夠 gau3
to reach
to be enough
adequate
tired of
fed up with
too
逐個 zeok6 go3
one by one
查 zaa1
a surname
an alternative form of楂, haw
可能 ho2 nang4
(modal verb) can
有 jau6
also
again
一半 jat1 bun3
half
香港人 hoeng1 gong2 jan4
Hong Kong people
都 dou1
all
both
entirely
(used for emphasis) even
already
(not) at all
metropolis
capital
big city
the whole
elegant
refined
without exception
also
too
still
used in a sentence to add an inference or interrogative tone
調查 diu6 caa4
investigate

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